The University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture has named Mats Troedsson as its new chair of the Department of Veterinary Science, a position which also serves as director for the prestigious Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center.

Dr. Troedsson currently serves as a professor and services chief in theriogenology (reproduction) at the University of Florida.

An internationally-recognized scientist with more than 24 years of research and clinical experience in equine reproduction, Troedsson will begin his new post in June 2008. As chair, he will also head the university's Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center and Equine Parentage Testing and Research Laboratory.